Ouch, my crotch, er, my hip!

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 11:43 am

Default wrote: One of the things that is verboten is crossing the legs, even at the ankles.

I would find that habit nearly impossible to break.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 2:27 pm

I had read about crossing your legs, and that's going to be tough for me. I do it without thinking several times a day, and also to tie my shoes.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 2:45 pm

Get some tie-down straps and lock your knees and ankles together.

Default · Post by **Default** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:17 am

Isgrimnur wrote:Get some tie-down straps and lock your knees and ankles together.

Jeez, you sound just like the nuns!

Going through the rounds of the pre-op doctors visits. Had to see my family doctor the other week, then today is a cardiologist and my (new) dentist. Tomorrow is pre-op screening, where they take blood and do God knows what else.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:33 am

I thought you already had it done. Having watched some videos, I was going to ask if your were getting comfortable with all the gyrations you have to go through just to put on a pair of shoes.

I'm seeing my orthopedist this afternoon for a follow up and to discuss getting the surgery scheduled.

Sectoid · Post by **Sectoid** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 10:57 am

Best of luck!

Sectoid · Post by **Sectoid** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 12:02 pm

tgb wrote:I had read about crossing your legs, and that's going to be tough for me. I do it without thinking several times a day, and also to tie my shoes.

You'll be surprised how quick you'll get those back. At first, it seems impossible, but Physical Therapy works. They'll have you on your feet within a day or two and the muscle movements will come back.
I didn't have a hip replacement, but I was in PT with a bunch of people who did have it and they were in PT for less time than I was. Actually, replacing the hip is a shorter recovery than fixing it. It seems counter-intuitive, but it is true.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 12:20 pm

Default wrote:One of the things that is verboten is crossing the legs, even at the ankles.

I think this would drive me insane in a very short period of time.

Default · Post by **Default** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 2:09 pm

I get it done a week from next Monday. I have been told a ready that I will be walking on the day of the surgery and will be released on the next day. I will probably just go barefoot for a couple of days, rather than worry about shoes. I am looking forward to getting it over with. The whole leg is just buggered, so l want to get the party started.

Default · Post by **Default** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 2:11 pm

hentzau wrote:
Default wrote:One of the things that is verboten is crossing the legs, even at the ankles.
I think this would drive me insane in a very short period of time.

My impression is you need to cross your legs a bit more frequently. ..

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 2:17 pm

Default wrote:
hentzau wrote:
Default wrote:One of the things that is verboten is crossing the legs, even at the ankles.
I think this would drive me insane in a very short period of time.
My impression is you need to cross your legs a bit more frequently. ..

I always have my legs crossed, except when driving. And even that bugs me.

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:22 pm

You want to get moving as soon as the doctor says it's ok.

My wife walked up 3 stair steps within 2 hours after scope hip surgery but she's an old hand at PT.

Default · Post by **Default** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:17 am

Preadmission testing. Swallow test, battery of questions on past health and lifestyle, draw 5 vials of blood,. So far, it's an hour and fifteen minutes. I took the first appointment. God knows how long l would have been here if l wasn't.
Now, a chest xray!

Default · Post by **Default** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:18 am

Oh, and no otc painrelievers starting now.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:37 am

Yesterday my orthopedist told me that as long as I'm getting relief from the cortisone shots, there's no need to rush into surgery

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Then again, as tlr correctly points out, I should really get it done before we move to Mexico, so I'm thinking next June or July.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:49 am

Might be cheaper if you do it after you move to Mexico.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 10:22 am

Isgrimnur wrote:Might be cheaper if you do it after you move to Mexico.

Not with my Medicare advantage plan.

Default · Post by **Default** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 1:44 pm

But the tacos, man! THINK OF THE TACOS!!!!

Default · Post by **Default** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 8:24 pm

And, no otc painkillers before the operation.

Urk.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 8:28 pm

Break a leg! Or... er... whatever....

Just a reminder that my dad is 77 and feels like a totally new man with his new hip. I just went for a visit, and I believe it.

Lemme know when you'd like to get a beer when you're up and around!

Default · Post by **Default** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:24 pm

Holman wrote:Break a leg! Or... er... whatever....

Just a reminder that my dad is 77 and feels like a totally new man with his new hip. I just went for a visit, and I believe it.

Lemme know when you'd like to get a beer when you're up and around!

Will do! gonna be a month or two, though...

Grundbegriff · Post by **Grundbegriff** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 1:21 pm

hentzau wrote:It is kind of funny how we are now moving from vasectomy discussions to knee and hip replacement discussions, no doubt to move on to cataract surgery discussion soon.

Tracking the graying of OO via our surgery discussions.

Ah, yes. We're all attending the organ recital.

gbasden · Post by **gbasden** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 6:11 pm

Grundbegriff wrote:
hentzau wrote:It is kind of funny how we are now moving from vasectomy discussions to knee and hip replacement discussions, no doubt to move on to cataract surgery discussion soon.

Tracking the graying of OO via our surgery discussions.
Ah, yes. We're all attending the organ recital.

At least we'll always have Kelric to keep us young.

Sectoid · Post by **Sectoid** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:46 am

By the way, love that you took my topic title and changed it a little.

Default · Post by **Default** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 6:45 pm

Sectoid wrote:By the way, love that you took my topic title and changed it a little.

Believe me, l wanted the crotch.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 9:18 pm

gbasden wrote:
Grundbegriff wrote:
hentzau wrote:It is kind of funny how we are now moving from vasectomy discussions to knee and hip replacement discussions, no doubt to move on to cataract surgery discussion soon.

Tracking the graying of OO via our surgery discussions.
Ah, yes. We're all attending the organ recital.
At least we'll always have Kelric to keep us young.

Until we don't!

Seriously - I love this about OO too. Very fun to grow old with all of you. Truly.
And even the young Kelrics are old now, as Kelric will soon profess. (/insert what ever would be a year or so beyond a baby diaper emoticon here)

Default · Post by **Default** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 12:09 am

Oh, if only!

This kind of sucks, right about now. No pain meds would be ok, but l have a little work to do at the mother-in-law's house, as well as getting my own ready for the first couple of weeks of cripple living. Might as well not bother for the time remaining, it's on Monday. At least the kids will be back from the big European trip, and l can get their help.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 12:59 pm

You're not going to ring a bell when you need something, are you? Because kids will hate you for that.

Sectoid · Post by **Sectoid** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 1:50 pm

Default wrote:
Sectoid wrote:By the way, love that you took my topic title and changed it a little.
Believe me, l wanted the crotch.

I bet you do.

Default · Post by **Default** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 3:20 pm

Jeff V wrote:You're not going to ring a bell when you need something, are you? Because kids will hate you for that.

Got it covered.

Kelric · Post by **Kelric** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 11:46 pm

Unagi wrote:
gbasden wrote:
Grundbegriff wrote:
hentzau wrote:It is kind of funny how we are now moving from vasectomy discussions to knee and hip replacement discussions, no doubt to move on to cataract surgery discussion soon.

Tracking the graying of OO via our surgery discussions.
Ah, yes. We're all attending the organ recital.
At least we'll always have Kelric to keep us young.
Until we don't!

Seriously - I love this about OO too. Very fun to grow old with all of you. Truly.
And even the young Kelrics are old now, as Kelric will soon profess. (/insert what ever would be a year or so beyond a baby diaper emoticon here)

1.5 kids, my third house, second kitchen renovation, bad back, hair loss, shaky career. Man, you guys are old.

Default · Post by **Default** » Fri Aug 11, 2017 6:50 pm

Going under the hacksaw at 730 on Monday, which means I'm showing up at:
6 AM???? Already put the co-pay of $350 on the Discover. Them I spend the next three days at my ex's house because I won't have to climb steps. Starting to think that I would be better off with the steps...

Default · Post by **Default** » Sat Aug 12, 2017 12:04 pm

Tramadol is a good thing. I can actually function with it.

Default · Post by **Default** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 6:43 pm

Go to the hospital at 6am. Sat around for half an hour before l got checked in. My ex sat with me until l was wheehed into the operating room. I was pretty blase about the whole thing until the anesthesiologist explained that l would be awake the whole time! Technically speaking, l would be in "twilight", ssleep but not asleep. I needed to be able to move around, somehow. Then at the end of it all, they would give me chemically induded amnesion, so l would forget the whole thing.

Which l did!

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 7:38 pm

Show us your LBJ scar!!

Default · Post by **Default** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:03 pm

Different area than l thought, it's on the posterier.

Mai poor tushie!

Default · Post by **Default** » Tue Aug 15, 2017 7:14 am

Walked on the walker last night, sat up in the chair. Two pt sessions are today and then possibly released. Can't move the operated on leg much. Stiffness is an issue with artificial joints, so moving around is needed to hasten the recovery process.

Default · Post by **Default** » Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:38 pm

Seems like l will be released today, probably after dinner. Walked the hallway, climbed a flight of steps with a cane, practiced using a shower chair iin the tub. Firstt couple of nights out of the hospital should be interesting.

Default · Post by **Default** » Tue Aug 15, 2017 3:26 pm

Definitely getting released today. Have to stop off at the pharmacy to get my meds. Might be walking with a cane in 2 weeks.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Tue Aug 15, 2017 3:29 pm

Congrats!!

How is the pain? How long until they start weening you off the drugs? With all the opioid news, taking the things makes me nervous (not that I'm in line for a hip replacement, but when I had oral surgery).